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Willett of the Day: The Willett House(s)

By Edward Willett in Blog
July 19, 2008
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View Larger Map Not all interesting Willetts are people. There are also businesses, such as The Willett House, which “has made a name for itself as one of Westchester Country’s premier steak houses.” (Fair warning: its web site also features a really annoying theme song. ) Located approximately one hour north of Manhattan and hugging …

Snow slogging and photo blogging in the Warehouse District

By Edward Willett in Blog
March 9, 2007
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My final trudge through the snow taking photos for Historic Walks of Regina and Moose Jaw took me to the Warehouse District, where I saw–you guess it–lots of warehouses. Here’s a favorite: This 1920 building was built for the hardware and school supplies wholesaler Wood Vallance Ltd. It merged with Marshall-Wells of Moose Jaw in …

Snow slogging and photo blogging–in Moose Jaw!

By Edward Willett in Blog
March 7, 2007
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Yes, today I took my Historic Walks of Regina and Moose Jaw travelling photography act on the road to Moose Jaw. Moose Jaw has many fine old buildings. Look, there’s one now! Specifically, Central Collegiate: Built in 1909-1910 and designed by John D. Atchison and Richard Bunyard, this was Moose Jaw’s first high school building. …

Snow slogging and photo blogging, the sequel

By Edward Willett in Blog
March 5, 2007
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The second tour I photographed Friday for my Historic Walks of Regina and Moose Jaw book was Germantown. You may be wondering about the name. From the introduction to this section in the book: Germantown…emerged as a distinct residential and commercial neighbourhood in the early 1900s. Regina Market Square, established in 1892, was a public …

Snow slogging and photo blogging

By Edward Willett in Blog
March 3, 2007
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Yesterday I photographed two of the tours from Historic Walks of Regina and Moose Jaw. First: Lakeview. Lots of very nice houses. Lots of other scenic things to shoot, starting with Wascana Centre: As you can tell, it may be March, but it definitely ain’t spring yet: Of course there were the obvious things I …

Trudging through the snow, carrying a camera…

By Edward Willett in Blog
March 2, 2007
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…was how I spent a large chunk of today. Still working on Historic Walks of Regina and Moose Jaw, and having been stymied in my plan to do two, count ’em, two tours yesterday by snow. (Snow! In Saskatchewan! In the winter! Who’d have thunk it?) today I at least managed one, in the General …

Photos of the Day: The Centre Block

By Edward Willett in Blog
February 28, 2007
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That’s what they call the part of the city (formerly known as the Transition Area) I was taking pictures in today. Here are a few: This municipal heritage property has long been one of my favorite houses in the city, and no wonder. It was built in 1911 (at a cost of $30,000) for Lorence …

My apologies for the light blogging…

By Edward Willett in Blog
February 27, 2007
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…I’ve been struggling with computer problems that culminated today in my taking my desktop machine to the shop. Then I spent several more hours getting my laptop (on which I’m writing this) set up as my temporary desktop machine. By way of making amends, I offer several photos taken while I was strolling around the …

Belated Photo of the Recent Past: Hopkins Dining Parlour

By Edward Willett in Blog
January 22, 2007
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The cosy interior of the Hopkins Dining Parlour, located in a restored century-old house in downtown Moose Jaw. More photos here.

Photo of the (Yester)Day: Crystal Star

By Edward Willett in Blog
December 27, 2006
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More photos here.

Photo of the Day: The Web

By Edward Willett in Blog
November 22, 2006
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More photos here. (Give up? This is a negative image of the center of the lighted dome inside the Saskatchewan Legislative Building.)

Pyramids

By Edward Willett in Blog, Columns, Science Columns
June 10, 1999
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The Great Pyramid at Giza recently reopened after a year of restoration, allowing visitors to Egypt to once again see where King Khufu was entombed more than 4,500 years ago. The Great Pyramid is an astonishing human achievement, on a scale that impresses even now, in the age of Superdomes and skyscrapers. Originally 145.5 metres …